the siemens foundation will announce the winners of its annual science competition for high school students during a ceremony in washington on tuesday. the winners will be announced during a ceremony at the george washington university. six individuals and six teams are competing for awards. the finalists come from california, georgia, massachusetts, missouri, new jersey, new york, texas and virginia. linestudy finds prison realignment boosts auto thefts, property crime, as violent crime stays steady sacramento, calif. - a new study finds that auto thefts have gone up significantly and other property crimes also have increased after california started a new program that has led to more jail inmates being released early. the study by the public policy institute of california is the first independent review of crime trends driven by the state's drop in prison population. the study released monday finds that violent crimes did not increase as a result of the program, known as realignment. but property crime increased as inmates who previously would have gone to state prisons were instead sent